NEWSDAY: IDA sets ‘final’ vote on Long Beach project’s tax breaks

“This has been one of the most thoroughly examined and vetted applications that the IDA staff has gone through,” [IDA Executive Director Joseph J. Kearney] said. “I think everyone who has expressed an interest in being heard, has been heard and, frankly, the board is of the opinion it has to decide one way or the other what it is going to do with this application, out of fairness to the applicant and to the residents of Long Beach and Nassau County.”